Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-16

Now that 1t Is authoritatively announced
that the manuscript of Miss Winnie Davis
first literary effort is in the hands OF the
North American Rsrieic 1t will not be amiss
to serve the reading public with some details
OF the young lady herself Miss Narina
Davis is the third and only surviving child.
save one, another daughter, of the Conied.
crate ex.rresident Mrs Davis bore the
famous kentuckian four children, two OF
whom were boys, aud both are dead. Willie
the youngest child, perished OF diphtheria,
and JEFF jr.,' Democratic lad Just develop
ing into an admirable man aud citizen, fell
victim to the yellow fever and . sacrifice to
his own heroic resolve to nurse the needy
aud sick during the frightful epidemic In
Memphis in the year ls77. DHing jeff
Davis residence In Memphis he WAS engaged
in business as the president of the Caroliua
Life Insurance company, a southern organiZa-
ton, appealing alone to the Southerners for
patronage. During the Life OF the company
Society in Memphis was intensely Southern
and exclusive, aud decidedly gay, and OF
course, the Davises led the most fashionable
set The city WAS the home, a, this time Of
| quite number OF prominent ex-Confederates
well-known in political circles. 1t was the
place OF residence Of lsham q. Harris, gents
William NJ. Browne, W. B. Forrest, Gideon
Pillow, the family Of Admiral Semmes, Of
Alabama and other distinguished Southern.
erS Many very eiegan: social courtesies
were extended the Davises, whic h they re-
turned In the most sumptuous manner in
their plain but quite commodous residence.
Mrs. Davis relied upon her eldest daughter,
Maggie, Tor assistance in dispensing the
hospitalities OF the house, and upon special
| occasions the aid OF Miss Winnie "Jetf ir,"
and the nieces OF Admiral Ssmmes. Owing
| to an ill feeling that had its origin some time
during the Mexican war wherein both men
wore their spurs as soldiers General Pillow
| never spoke or bowed TO Mr.. Davis when
| passing him in the street or boulevards.
| Pillows daughter and son were familiar
| figures in society and frequently in the
company OF the young Davises, from whom
they received the most polite but chilliest
OF treatment, and particularly from Miss
Winnie. This young irreconcilable upon
| one occasion positively refused to dance in
| the same set with the Pillows, 80 heartily
| did she enter into the unforgiving spirit OF
| her father and his bitter feeling toward an
old comrade in arms Miss Winnie, after the
dead Willie, had ever been her fathers
favorite child because, perhapS she most
| resembles him in disposition and Intellectual
| qualities She Is a fair patrician and the
daughter OF na.ura! aristocrat and like her
sather will at heart never have anything in
common with the masses. She has grown to
be beautiful woman, rich In physical and
| mental charms She is of medium height,
her figure slight and graceful, but well
formed. Her face Is oval and complexion
olive, while her dark eyes are a source OF the
warmest admiration. Her hands and feet are
small, the latter strikingly noticeable BY
reason OF their highly arched insteps. Miss
Davis dresses richly but very quietly, and
apparently has no desire to attract attention,
Her language is as expressive as her eyes,
and while she has some wit, she is though.
hy some to have not the slightest conception
OF humor; she Is skilled fencer and repartee
clings tenaclousIy to old things, and ex.
presses the utmost respect in her words and
acts for the econventionali;iss aud social forms
OF her native section. Miss Davis has srep,
much Of her life in travel.